West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable announces retirement

Saturday, 23 March 2019 07:00

West Yorkshire Chief Constable Dee Collins has announced her retirement following over three decades of service.

She was appointed Temporary Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police in June 2014 and then substantively promoted in November 2016. She joined West Yorkshire Police in January 2014 as the Deputy Chief Constable having served for over six years as an Assistant Chief Constable in Derbyshire Constabulary.

Dee is the NPCC Gender lead and President of the British Association of Women in Policing, She leads on the National Police Aviation Service as well as being the Regional Chief Constable lead for Counter Terrorism, Organised Crime, Collaboration and sits on a number of NPCC committees and working groups.

In 2013 Dee was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal and in 2018 she was awarded a CBE for her services to policing and women in policing.

She said: "In July I would have completed 32 years’ service in policing, 12 years of those as a chief officer in Derbyshire Constabulary and West Yorkshire Police.

Following my recent secondment to the College of Policing where I have had the privilege to successfully lead the national Strategic Command Course, I have decided that it is the right time for both me and the Force that I retire.

I will always love policing and it has been an honour to serve our communities, most recently as Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police.

I believe that West Yorkshire Police is an excellent force and I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to lead the dedicated officers, staff and volunteers who work for us and the support I have generously been given by the public and the Police and Crime Commissioner."

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